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COVID-19 transforma la industria del fútbol en las comunidades Latinas de Illinois
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Dec 08, 2020How the loss of two lives angered and mobilized a community in Dallas
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Dec 08, 2020In a remote corner of Alaska, college students find a rare dose of community during the pandemic
SITKA, Alaska – It’s 9 a.m. on a Thursday, and college students are trickling into a Zoom call....
Dec 07, 2020California’s Shasta County seeks to improve Native students’ relationship with public school education
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Dec 01, 2020Iowa’s Latinos build community through state’s only bilingual news company
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Nov 30, 2020‘We are killing ourselves.’ Meet the Chicagoans preaching peace on violent streets
For three individuals, exposure to gun violence has inspired them to create change in their communities. A pastor...
Nov 24, 2020COVID-19 affects Illinois’ local Latino-run soccer industry from the bottom up
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Nov 20, 2020Medicaid expansion or COVID-19, this Idaho doctor just won’t keep his mouth shut
IDAHO FALLS, Idaho — Jenny Steinke, 36, died of poverty. Her mother-in-law, Clella, said that’s the most apt...
Nov 19, 2020Amid national conversation about race, Dallas’ black-owned businesses see increased support
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